spots have gotten more than a half an inch. we could get more especially on the eastern shore where it's coming down at a pretty good clip from towson, hunt valley and harford county. so we'll continue to keep an eye on this, clearing to the west. there are scattered showers. we could see rain on and off. we expect clearing tomorrow but be ready for a wet evening. we'll talk about how things develop coming up. president obama is wrapping up a half day visit here in maryland. it started about 12:30 at the priest home of josh and jeanine fiddler. tickets ran from $10,000 to $15,000. among those attending, governor

martin o'malley, senator cardin and barbara mikulski. roosevelt leftwich is live at the corner of charles and pratt. have thing's eased up. >> reporter: the streets that were closed are back open. as you can see, this is pratt street right at charles. it's very, very heavy traffic. most of it is rush hour. there were so many ways people had to get around that it cause lad lot of slow and heavy traffic. take a look at some of the pictures we shot earlier. these is lombard street. what happened was all the trucks had to go around. the cars were backed up. it was difficult for people to get around the closures involved

south charles street and light street. light street was kept open until just before the president's arrival and they closed it off and closed a lot of the traffic until about a quarter to 3:00. the president was inside the hotel for about an hour and a half. the motorcade left about 4:30. what you're seeing are the leftovers. if you're waiting for someone to come home and they're coming from downtown baltimore, it's going to be a slow slug as they try to get out of town. now that the streets are back open, traffic is starting to flow but it's heavy with the rush hour traffic and people coming downtown to go to the orioles game. wyatt will have that later. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> to help you get where you need to go, get the abc2 news

time saver traffic. get the latest delays, backups and you can get them on your mobile device. head to abc2news.com/traffic. >> on the same date president visited, the wife of mitt romney is making a stop. we asked bob ehrlich what it means to the voters. >> very tough campaign. it's going to be a very close campaign. it's already started out to be -- it's not going to be pretty to watch. >> ann romney will be a guest at a private fund-raiser at the bw iment mary -- bwi marriott. firefighters are still vasting -- investigating the five alarm fire which started just before 2:00 on broad way. it housed a grocery store on the first floor.

it brought the neighbor today a standstill with black smoke clouding all the streets. more than 100 firefighters from baltimore city, baltimore county, anne arundel and howard county battled the fire tment prompted union leaders to criticize plans to shut down three fire companies at the end of the month. jeff hager joins us with that part of the story oar here three of the fire companies will disappear in weeks. the fire department said the ability to protect the public will not be affected. fire gutted the broad way warehouse. people from nearby businesses are blaming the baltimore fire department. >> it took about 15 to 20 minutes before the fire department got here. >> critics of rotating closures had foretold of potential delays

that could ultimately cost citizens or firefighters their lives and the companies face disbanment. >> for these fire stations where we're imposing these disbandment. there will still be a fire truck in there to provide the same level of fire service that it has been before the disbandments. >> reporter: whiled union is focused on cutting companies, cartwright said the numbers that count -- response times -- suggest otherwise. >> we actually super seed the association's standards for responses. an eight-minute response time. we set ours at seven. most get to the scene in less

than that time. >> reporter: the department reductions are to blame. >> i think that's crazy. i mean, they save lives, you know. fire, children burning. >> reporter: the initial engine to arrive on the scene came just two minutes after the call came in. the rotating closures have been in place since 2009. jeff hager, abc2 news. >> all right. thanks a lot, jeff. another of the companies slated for permanent closure is squad 11 off eastern avenue. it covers 95 and 895. they re?ond traffic accidents using the just a of -- jaws of life eye -- >> i believe the jaws of life are important to everything.

>> while the equipment goes away, the people who ride on them will not. they will move to other stations. you know, t alarm fire knocked down power, shut down streets and left a lot of debris. in other news tonight two young teens are charged after trying to detonate a bomb in an elementary school. it happened last night at a play ground in pasadena. abc2's brian kuebler joins us with more. >> reporter: the fire department said the intended victim of this bomb was a 6-year-old little girl. she was not injured but this raises concerns about these so-called bottle bombs. a simple google search will show you how they're made. it's a combination of certain

chemicals poured in a bottle. the bottle expands and the contents could cause serious injury. a 13 and 15-year-old detonated this most recent bomb and are charged with the manufacturing and using of a destructive and explosive device. thankful, the 6-year-old was not injured but these bottle bombs can be very dangerous. >> depending on the chemicals that they mix it can cause traumatic injury and burns that could lead to a life-threatening event. >> now the anne arundel county fire department says this is already the sixth bottle bomb they've seen this year. brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> also new at 5:00 tonight, the coast guard is investigating two hoax calls reporting an explosion on a luxury yacht off a new jersey coast.

it started after the coast guard receive add distress call. reports of a yacht called the blind date carrying 21 people had exploded and was sinking. at least nine were hurt and serious burns. seven helicopters were dispatched to find the victims. emt set up a staging area. authorities had yet to turn up any sign of an explosion or survivors. the owner of the blind date said his boat was not in new jersey and this had not exploded. >> if you have a report like that and you believe it's credible, the coast guard will scramble to look. >> last year the coast guard spent 10 hours and $88,000 on a distressed search that turned out to be fake. coming up a graphic day of

testimony in the child sexual abuse of jerry sandusky. the man described as victim number one described his abuse. and one of the most well known missing cases in history has finally come to an end. a dingo did kill a 9 week old baby in australia. what the mother said about the coroner's ruling. plus, a health mystery in virginia. some people may not be able to enjoy a hamburger or bacon again. find out about the surprising culprit.

ticks and red mea. universities -- meat. universities researchers discovered a new form of foot

allergy but it's after a tick bite. >> do not get hives. you have no idea how strange that is. >> the doctors believe the lone star tick, commonly found in the southeast, is responsible for the reactions. they want it it to be a safety reminder. wear long pants, use an insect repellent with deet and check yourself often after being outdoors. now to colorado, hundreds of firefighters continue to battle the fire near fort collins. hundreds of families have been forced to evacuate and firefighters found the body of a 62-year-old woman and what was left of a burned out home. >> my team's goal for this fire

is to bring this fire to containment as soon as we can, work with the sheriffs and begin the process for citizens to go back in as directed by the sheriff. >> fire officials are hoping to have the wildfire that has already burned more than 43,000 acres at least 10% contained by the end of the day. let's start off with a check at radar. northeastern baltimore county into harford county. harford county, are a getting sox of the highest rain -- some of the highest rain totals of the day. we continue to see a lot of rain, cecil county, elkton, cecil ton reaching reaching into kent county. coastal flood advisories are up

for the western shore, including ear harford county, the chesapeake waters edge of baltimore county, anne arundel and calvert county. anne arundel county expecting a two foot high tide anomaly, but a coastal flood warning for anne arundel county. if you're a coastal property person, keep an eye out. humidity 100%. visibility is down to four miles. it was rain on and off, heavy and steady much of the time. it cuts the visibility. you can see pretty significant rain. take a look at our dundalk camera. tough to see the key bridge from high atop ccbc. how about annapolis today where the rain was just unbelievable up and down the seven river.

humidity around 100%, close to it. much of the state, thanks to the rain. that's why temperatures were held back today. the rain, the thick cloud cover. nowhere near the heat of yesterday. that, along with rain is cutting visibility. so a tough commute when you come wine the -- combine the amount of rain and reduced visibility. temperature wise, mid-70s to low 70s. tomorrow we're back in the low 80s, some sunshine on tap to locust point. low to mid-eat -- mid-80s downtown. as we look at the overall pattern, significant rain all the way through the carolinas. there are scattered showers over ohio and much of the midwest. a few showers could linger in the morning. humid conditions. dry air will get in through the day tomorrow. tonight more rain on tap.

it does look like perhaps this boundary will hang out through 5ham tomorrow morning for the eastern shore. i think by then the western shore will have cleared. things look pretty nice into thursday, just partly cloudy conditions. overnight 64 with rain showers. we clear out late. 82. s with night 59, a little bit cooler. you kind of seat setup. temperatures will hover around 80 most of the next several days. showers east of baltimore. this weekend still looking at the moment, knock on wood, nice and dry and sunny for the big celebration. the weekend celebration -- sailabration looks good. we want that good flight weather for the blue angels. >> thanks a lot, wyatt.

new tonight it has taken almost 32 years, the most famous legal bat until australia. now the case is finally closed in the case of azaria chamberlain. a court ruled that a deaning go did kill the baby. the baby disappeared from a camp site and the mother said a ding doe -- dingo took my baby. >> it's been a long time coming, obviously, finally i got someone with common sense and the ability to research and read and tom could an intelligent finding. >> prosecutors in australia convinced the jury that she was

guilty of murder. she spent four years in jail. the baby was never found but the bloodstained clothes were found a week after she disappeared. tonight more disturbing testimony in the trial of jerry sandusky. the former penn state football state is facing 52 charges of child sexual abuse over a 15-year period. we have more on what victim number one had to say in court today. >> reporter: jerry sandusky was loved and respected at penn state but at tomorrow today's witness known as victim number one said he was a sexual predator. victim one, an 18-year-old who just graduated high school described the abuse in graphic detail, sobbing as he told jurors the first time sandusky performed orioles sex on him, he

was 11. the blowing on the stomach, he put his mouth on my prieflts-- privates. jurors teared up, put their heads in their hands. he sat there, looked at me and said something along the line it's your turn. he made me -- he made me put my mouth on his privates. the alleged victim told his mother and a guide lance counselor in 2008 which led to an investigation. the defense attorney poked holes in his timeline. yesterday jurors heard from another victim who said sandusky began assaulting him at 13 in penn state showers. this afternoon, mike mcqueary also took the stand. he testified into 2001 he saw sandusky standing behind a young

boy who was propped up against a wall in a school shower and heard a skin on skin smacking sound. the victim said he reported it to his school he was urged not to go to authorities. his attorney said having to recount his experience has been torture. we all know it is important to brush and flush to keep -- floss to keep your teeth healthy, but it can also save your life. you work out, eat well and the dimples in your thighs won't go away. we have the latest treatment in the fight against cellulite. guess what? this one is fda approved.

a new study take as closer look at the dangers with technology like ct scans and mri's. there may be life-threatening consequences. researchers of the 15 ceo yea study about a million patients found that imaging technology doubled the amount of radiation a patient is exposed to. another report in the american -- journal of american medical association -- dentists give us a hard time for not flossing. a study shows good brushing and flossing habits could lower your risk of dying from cancer. people with high levels of dental plaque were 80% more

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insurance. coming up, the day after that five alarm fire tore through fells point. we'll take a look at how business owners are cleaning up. a peaceful hike turned into him being mauled by a bear. chrysler is expanding the recall for jeeps in states like ours. what could happen because of the salt that we lay down for salt and snow.